Utilities are facing an upcoming 2022 deadline from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), whereupon they must fully comply with an updated protection and control standard (PRC-002-2) for disturbance monitoring and reporting requirements for transmission and generation systems. The first milestone is 50 percent compliance by January 1, 2021, followed by 100 percent compliance by July 1, 2022. The object....
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts began the “Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target” or “SMART Program” in 2018, in an effort to streamline and create a more accessible and cost-effective solar program for developers and electricity customers. The benefits of the program aimed to continue the Commonwealth’s status as the most energy-efficient state in the country, while increasing the stability and permanence of the solar industry in the ....
The high-cost of wave energy narrative is all too well-known, and a common knock against investing in wave energy conversion. However, given the latest technological advances, it’s time to bust the wave-energy myth and the barriers it creates to investment. Like most myths, the high-cost wave energy myth is rooted in some facts that do not reflect modern technology or research. Stating that “it is simply too high-cost” is based on a few ....
The energy storage industry has advanced rapidly, demonstrating the critical role storage technologies have to play in enabling a 100 percent clean energy future. But while energy storage has become an integral component of the clean energy sector, multiple barriers still remain in its deployment. Across the U.S., the process of connecting storage to the electric grid continues to be sluggish, complex, and unclear due to lack of clarity in releva....
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